Joe Collins

This drink very well be named after a man named “Joe Collins”, but unlike the Collins, this is a relatively newer variation. Here is an early printing of Joe Collins:

Baseball Digest – May 1954 – Page 48 Vol. 13, No. 4

“Ted delivered a big double, but it was Parnell who was the master all the way, striking out seven Yankees and brilliantly squelching one of those famous late- inning Yankee rallies, when he fanned Joe Collins with the bases loaded.”

It is important to note that Joe Collins wasn’t a very popular player and this reference predates every other reference to think drink by at least 50 years. This does not mean it was not named after the baseball player, but it does suggest it. The fact that the drink does not appear in much literature prior to 2000 is not saying much. The Joe Collins, like the Matt Collins; has more of an oral tradition of carrying on it’s name.